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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. informal halfhearted activism, usually in the form of posting badges, images, apps, or text on social media without taking further action.
Etymologies
- Blend of slack and activism (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The rise of "slacktivism" - doing good without having to do much at ...”
“Love it - "slacktivism" - definitely an element of truth in there ...”
“Some call it "slacktivism," but I call it "clicktivism" and if one click makes someone's life genuinely better then that's probably more than I can say for all the clicks it took to write this blog post.”
The Huffington Post: Mateo Gutierrez: Good Games -- Is It possible?
“Once again, so-called slacktivism begets activism.”
Ryan Scott: The Future of Giving - From Slacktivism to Activism
“Ivan Booth introduces "What Online Activism Can Learn from Community Organizing": "There's often a disconnect between what's seen as online activism--referred to as "slacktivism," sometimes accurately but oftentimes sloppily, and community-based social change”
The Huffington Post: Michael Silberman: Looking for What Works: Best Online Organizing Reads of 2010
“Ivan Booth introduces "What Online Activism Can Learn from Community Organizing":"There's often a disconnect between what's seen as online activism--referred to as "slacktivism," sometimes accurately but oftentimes sloppily, and community-based social change”
The Huffington Post: Michael Silberman: Looking for What Works: Best Online Organizing Reads of 2010
“Cynically minded social commentators have also characterized the millennials' flavor of activism as "slacktivism" or, more recently, as a "diffuse, click-and-go" activism see Malcolm Gladwell's article.”
The Huffington Post: Nick Shore: Rebellion 2.0: Smart and Funny
“The most recent act of "slacktivism" as a friend of mine so aptly coined it involved changing profile pictures to a favorite childhood cartoon character.”
The Huffington Post: Katie Hawkes: Facebook Slacktivism: Charitable Opiate for the Masses
“Cynically minded social commentators have also characterized the millennials 'flavor of activism as "slacktivism" or, more recently, as a "diffuse, click-and-go" activism see Malcolm Gladwell's article.”
The Huffington Post: Nick Shore: Rebellion 2.0: Smart and Funny
“The flip side of "slacktivism," though, is that right now it still gets media attention.”
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Looking for tweets for slacktivism.
reesetee Good article on the subject here. May 1, 2010
mialuthien slacktivism – a portmanteau formed out of the words slacker and activism Jul 14, 2008